Elizabeth Nass in the late 1990s after her parents returned to Maryland from a few years living abroad in Europe. Nass, 19, was killed around midnight Aug. 20 when a CSX train in Ellicott City derailed, burying her and her friend, Rose Mayr, in coal.

Elizabeth Nass in the late 1990s after her parents returned to Maryland from a few years living abroad in Europe. Nass, 19, was killed around midnight Aug. 20 when a CSX train in Ellicott City derailed, burying her and her friend, Rose Mayr, in coal. (Photo courtesy of the Nass famil, Baltimore Sun)

Elizabeth Nass poses in her uniform for the Mount Hebron High School Lancer drill team. Making the team was one of Nass' proudest accomplishments, her father, Eric Nass, said. Nass, a 2010 graduate of Mount Hebron High School, was killed along with her friend and former classmate, Rose Mayr,...

Elizabeth Nass poses in her uniform for the Mount Hebron High School Lancer drill team. Making the team was one of Nass' proudest accomplishments, her father, Eric Nass, said. Nass, a 2010 graduate of Mount Hebron High School, was killed along with her friend and former classmate, Rose Mayr,... (Photo courtesy of the Nass famil, Baltimore Sun)

Elizabeth Nass and her brothers, Brendan, now 22, top, and Jonathan, now 16, are pictured on a family vacation last summer to Cape Cod, Mass. The Nasses visit Cape Cod annually, including earlier this summer. Elizabeth Nass, 19, died when a train derailed in Ellicott City around midnight Aug....

Elizabeth Nass and her brothers, Brendan, now 22, top, and Jonathan, now 16, are pictured on a family vacation last summer to Cape Cod, Mass. The Nasses visit Cape Cod annually, including earlier this summer. Elizabeth Nass, 19, died when a train derailed in Ellicott City around midnight Aug.... (Photo courtesy of the Nass famil, Baltimore Sun)

Elizabeth Nass and her brothers, Brendan, 22, left, and Jonathan, 16, in New York City in August, shortly before her death in a trail derailment in Ellicott City around midnight Aug. 20.

Elizabeth Nass and her brothers, Brendan, 22, left, and Jonathan, 16, in New York City in August, shortly before her death in a trail derailment in Ellicott City around midnight Aug. 20. (Photo courtesy of the Nass famil, Baltimore Sun)